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A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque
Artificial Intelligence

A New AI Draws Cats, and They’re Utterly Grotesque

By Victor Tangermann

Earlier this month, Google inadvertently revealed that its home security device, Nest, contained a secret microphone. Now it says secrecy was a "mistake."
Google

Google: Secret Nest Microphone “Never Intended to Be a Secret”

By Dan Robitzski

A statistician is warning that scientists are leaning on machine learning algorithms to find patterns in data where none exist.
Machine Learning

Statistician: Machine Learning Is Causing A “Crisis in Science”

By Jon Christian

This weekend, Elon Musk took to Twitter to confirm that he'd left the research group OpenAI — citing disagreements with the group's direction.
Artificial Intelligence

Elon Musk Quits Research Group That Built “Fake News” Generator

By Jon Christian

Scientists developed a piece of machine learning software that can predict the prognosis of ovarian cancer and at a higher accuracy.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Can Predict Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients

By Victor Tangermann

A former chief technology officer for the Israeli government warned that artificial intelligence could lead to a tragedy "worse than 9/11."
Artificial Intelligence

Former Israeli Tech Chief: AI Could Cause Tragedy “Worse Than 9/11”

By Jon Christian

OpenAI built an AI algorithm that can write full, mostly-coherent passages of text. It's so sophisticated that OpenAI decided it was too dangerous to share.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazing New AI Churns Out “Coherent Paragraphs of Text”

By Dan Robitzski

Pope Francis and Microsoft's Brad Smith met recently to discuss how AI could be developed in an ethical way and announced a new ethical AI contest.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s President Met With the Pope to Talk About Ethical AI

By Dan Robitzski

A new AI looks at online profiles for signs they might be dating scams in the hopes of saving singles from embarrassment and financial hardship.
Artificial Intelligence

New Algorithm Detects Fake Online Dating Profiles

By Kristin Houser

Thousands of U.S. school districts have enlisted the help of AI services to monitor students' communications for sign of future school shootings.
Artificial Intelligence

A Company Claims Its AI Has Prevented 16 School Shootings

By Kristin Houser

Competing AI systems tasked with setting a product's price eventually stop competing with low prices and instead gouge their customers.
Artificial Intelligence

Two Pricing AIs Went Rogue and Formed a Cartel to Gouge Humans

By Dan Robitzski

Robots Are Already Driving and Painting, Now They’re Directing Films Too
Artificial Intelligence

Robots Are Already Driving and Painting, Now They’re Directing Films Too

By Catherine Mullen

In order to draw attention to IBM's new generative adversarial network, a website generates slightly-unsettling faces that were created by AI.
Artificial Intelligence

Mysterious Site Uses AI to Create Realistic Yet Horrifying Faces

By Dan Robitzski

We tested that AI Portrait generator on a bunch of celebrities and politicians. The results ranged from "okay I see it" to "hard nope."
Artificial Intelligence

Here’s What AI Thinks A Bunch of Famous People Look Like

By Dan Robitzski

Apple Patented Facial Recognition to Unlock Your Car
Facial recognition

Apple Patented Facial Recognition to Unlock Your Car

By Dan Robitzski

IBM's Project Debater, an AI system that composes arguments, recently lost a debate to a world-renowned human debating expert.
Artificial Intelligence

A Human Debater Just Roasted IBM’s “Intelligent Debate” AI Onstage

By Dan Robitzski

A team of UK scientists are building a robot called Ai-Da that can sketch and draw the way she sees the world around her.
Artificial Intelligence

A Fleshy New Humanoid Sketches You, Mimics Your Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

Google is letting a select few users test out a new AR navigation feature for its Maps app, providing a glimpse of the future of navigation.
Google

Google Is Rolling out AR Navigation for Its Maps App

By Kristin Houser

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump will reportedly sign the American AI Initiative, an executive order designed to shape the future of AI in the nation.
Artificial Intelligence

Trump Orders Federal Agencies to “Prioritize AI”

By Kristin Houser

An AI system can scan photos of child trafficking victims in hotel rooms and determine where they were taken based on the furniture in the room.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Using AI to Find Hotel Rooms Being Used for Child Sex Trafficking

By Dan Robitzski

According to a prominent think tank's new report, the Chinese military is adopting artificial intelligence tech as quickly as it can.
Artificial Intelligence

China Thinks AI Could Make Its Military As Powerful as America’s

By Dan Robitzski

A school in Japan is using an artificial intelligence to stop school bullying before it escalates to the point of seriousness.
Artificial Intelligence

A Japanese City Is Using AI to Prevent Youth Suicides

By Kristin Houser

In a recent blog post, an Amazon VP called for stronger regulations for facial recognition technology, including Amazon's own Rekognition.
Facial recognition

Amazon Calls for Regulation of Its Own Facial Recognition Tech

By Dan Robitzski

Google Is Censoring Search Results to Hide Russian Corruption
Google

Google Is Censoring Search Results to Hide Russian Corruption

By Dan Robitzski

"The NYPD will pursue all legal remedies to prevent the continued posting of this irresponsible and dangerous information."
Google

NYPD Demands That Google Stop Flagging DWI Checkpoints on Waze

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent filing with the SEC, Microsoft warns investors that faulty or biased AI could potentially harm the company's reputation.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Is Worried Its AI Will Go Rogue and Hurt Its Reputation

By Kristin Houser

To teach artificial intelligence to understand context and common sense, researchers are training it to play an online version of Pictionary.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Using Pictionary to Teach “Common Sense” to AI

By Dan Robitzski

The Chinese government built an AI that finds signs of local corruption — but local officials in many areas are shutting it down.
Artificial Intelligence

China Built an AI to Detect Corruption and Officials Shut it Down

By Jon Christian

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors member proposed to ban facial recognition outright, calling for an approval process for any future surveillance tech.
Facial recognition

San Francisco Is Considering a Ban on Facial Recognition

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers say they've built a robot arm that can construct a self-image — which they frame as a step toward machines that are truly self-aware.
Artificial Intelligence

New Robot Is “On The Path to Machine Self-Awareness,” Says Creator

By Jon Christian

Yoshua Bengio opened up in a new interview about his anxiety about how China is using deep learning to surveil and manipulate large populations.
Artificial Intelligence

Godfather of Deep Learning: China’s AI Tech Is “1984 Big Brother”

By Jon Christian

CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter
Artificial Intelligence

CAPTCHAs Are Getting Harder Because AI Is Getting Smarter

By Jon Christian

During a facial recognition trial, London police stopped a man for "suspicious behavior," but the man claims all he did was cover his face.
Facial recognition

Police Said You Could Skip Public Facial Recognition. They Lied.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon responded to recent criticism its facial recognition system, Rekognition, by claiming safeguards were in place. The cops using it disagree.
Facial recognition

Cops Are Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Software Wrong

By Dan Robitzski

Tech startup Ironclad wants to help legal professionals automate their own jobs. For now, its products cut down on tedious paperwork.
Artificial Intelligence

This Startup Is Trying to Automate Law Firms

By Dan Robitzski

A new algorithmic tool can determine if artificial intelligence is biased and then go in and retrain the system to treat people more equitably.
Artificial Intelligence

A New Algorithm Trains AI to Erase its Biases

By Dan Robitzski

A new 100-level platformer game designed by Unity's algorithms will test artificial intelligence systems' problem-solving skills.
Artificial Intelligence

Hellishly Hard New Game Is Specifically Designed to Confound AI

By Dan Robitzski

According to a massive analysis by MIT Technology Review, the AI research community may soon move away from deep learning toward something new.
Artificial Intelligence

Analysis: “The Era of Deep Learning Is Coming to an End”

By Dan Robitzski

Alphabet's DeepMind AI dominated at the game of StarCraft II beating two of the world's best (human) players 5-0 in a best-of-five.
Artificial Intelligence

StarCraft Champion Trounced by AI: “Very Human Style of Gameplay”

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's facial recognition software, Rekognition, struggles to identify the gender of women with darker skin, suggesting ongoing algorithmic bias.
Facial recognition

Amazon’s Facial Recognition Struggles With Darker Skin

By Dan Robitzski

A new algorithm allows simple digital cameras to reconstruct objects out of their line of sight based on their shadows.
Artificial Intelligence

Spooky Algorithm Sees Around Corners by Analyzing Shadows

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created an AI they claim is able to accurately predict the type and location of a tennis player's next shot.
Artificial Intelligence

Ball-Tracking AI Can Predict Your Tennis Opponent’s Next Shot

By Kristin Houser

A newly announced Amazon conference, the AI-focused re:MARS, could help the company shake a reputation sullied by Rekognition.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon AI Conference Is Meant to Inspire — and Boost Its Reputation

By Kristin Houser

Collaborative robots, or cobots, are the future, according to NVIDIA. And an Ikea kitchen could speed up their development,
Artificial Intelligence

A Robot Is Learning to Cook and Clean in an Ikea Kitchen

By Kristin Houser

A regional grocery chain is deploying a fleet of 500 robot assistants name Marty, yet another sign that robots are the future of retail.
Artificial Intelligence

Grocery Chain Adds 500 Googly-Eyed Robot Assistants to Its Staff

By Kristin Houser

A report from the Chinese media claims that the NYPD is using facial recognition software developed by Chinese companies.
Facial recognition

China Claims US Police Are Using Its Facial Recognition Software

By Kristin Houser

A new research project aims to harness the power of the quantum computer to build a new type of neural network that "acts like a brain."
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Building a Quantum Computer That “Acts Like a Brain”

By Jon Christian

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself
Google

Google Brain Built a Translator so AI Can Explain Itself

By Dan Robitzski

A survey on AI development reveals that less than half of Americans are in support of the technology's advancement, worrying experts.
Artificial Intelligence

Just 41 Percent of Americans Support Advancing AI

By Kristin Houser

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments
Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments

By Dan Robitzski

Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop AI for Google and Microsoft, predicts that AI will automate 40 percent of the world's jobs in 15 years.
Google

Former Google Exec: AI Will Replace 40 Percent of Jobs in 15 Years

By Dan Robitzski

At CES 2019, Google debuted its Assistant's new Interpreter Mode, which translates conversations in 27 language in real-time.
Google

Google Assistant Can Now Translate 27 Languages in Real-Time

By Kristin Houser

Artificial Intelligence Is Our Future. But Will It Save Or Destroy Humanity?
Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Is Our Future. But Will It Save Or Destroy Humanity?

By Patrick Caughill

Researchers at NVIDIA created a neural network that can come up with incredibly realistic faces on the spot.
Artificial Intelligence

Look at These Incredibly Realistic Faces Generated By A Neural Network

By Victor Tangermann

A facial recognition survey indicates that more Americans are now in support of the tech, but that doesn't mean it's ready for widespread implementation.
Facial recognition

Americans Support Facial Recognition Tech — When It Works

By Kristin Houser

A new app called Face2Gene is more accurate than clinicians at identifying genetic disorders based on a photo of a person's face.
Artificial Intelligence

This AI Identifies Genetic Disorders by Looking at Face Shape

By Kristin Houser

California-based meat substitute company Impossible Foods plans to sell raw "meat" in grocery stores by the end of the year.
Artificial Intelligence

Impossible Burger 2.0: “I Couldn’t Tell It Wasn’t The Real Thing”

By Victor Tangermann

The creators of an app called SocialRecall say it can use facial recognition to scan people you meet — or even strangers — and tell you their names.
Facial recognition

This Facial Recognition App Remembers Names so You Don’t Have To

By Jon Christian

South Korean automaker Hyundai has unveiled Elevate, a walking car concept that it claims represents an entirely new category of vehicle.
Artificial Intelligence

Hyundai Debuts a Walking Car With Four Legs

By Kristin Houser

With FCC permission and Facebook stepping aside, Google is now allowed to develop more powerful radar tech for gesture-detecting wearables.
Google

FCC Clears Google To Pursue “Minority Report”-Like Gesture System

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. government's proposed AI export restrictions could backfire on the nation in a number of ways, according to Silicon Valley insiders.
Artificial Intelligence

U.S. Plan to Restrict AI Exports Could Backfire

By Kristin Houser

Google won a key Illinois lawsuit that has long been a barrier to big tech companies' use of facial recognition software.
Facial recognition

Google Wins Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Technology

By Jacob Banas

Leaked documents showing how Facebook controls speech online raise deep questions about the future of the company's role in international discourse.
Meta

Leaked Documents Show How Facebook Controls Speech Across the Globe

By Jon Christian

A group of researchers at Yale University successfully taught a robotic system about ownership relations and the social norms that surround those relations.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Taught an AI About Ownership Rules and Social Norms

By Victor Tangermann